Relation

The final building outline was determined by the scale and proportion of the sorrounding buildings. We didn’t want to form blocks that oppress their environment. Our primary aim was to find an acceptable, proportioned building form, that keeps the relative regulations, and we connected the most optimal number of apartments to this form. The sorrounding buildings and environment inspired the volume of the building. The existing firewalls on the location determined the volume from two sides: on one hand they are identifying characteristics of the site, on the other hand they ’section’ certain forms and buildings, therefore finishing these were one of the tasks. Instead of building something aside, we added the form to the site.

Apartments of Prater Street

• Architect: Atelier Péter Kis
• Project name: Práter street
• Design studio: Kis Péter Építészműterme
• Project team members: Peter Kis, Csaba Valkai, Ivett Tarr, János Sarusi Kis, Tamás Ükös, Gábor Balázsa, Gábor Divinyi, Barbora Tuckova
• Client: Budapest Józsefváros Municipality
• Gross useful surface area:
• Plot area: 1218 m2
• Plot percentage: 54,2 %
• Net basic area: 4150 m2
• Total square meter of flats: 2065 m2
• Total square meter of corridors: 825 m2
• Total square meter of offices, shops: 330 m2
• Project start date: 2005.
• Start of work: 2006. september
• Completion of work: 2007. december
• Photographer’s name: Zsolt Batár
• Structures made of: (indicate material and manufacturer) Concrete
• Facades made of: (indicate material and manufacturer) Ceramic AMV 92800 NF (240 x 115 x 10 mm) (more…)